id summary reporter owner description type status milestone component version severity resolution keywords cc 3927 system_error::what() doesn't incorporate code.message() if this->code().value() == 0 Dmitry Goncharov Beman Dawes "if error_code is given 0 as the first argument then system_error::what() ignores code().message(). This piece of code {{{ boost::system::error_code const ec(0, boost::system::system_category); boost::system::system_error se(ec); cout << se.what() << endl; }}} will not print anything. ""Success"" is expected. " Bugs closed Boost 1.43.0 system Boost 1.42.0 Problem fixed